Who acts: floats, people, soldiers, We, you, He · What happens: move, celebrate, proceed, stand, march, walk · To what, where: streets, something, parade, Day parade, band, Floats
«parade» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: parade in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A procession of people, bands or floats moving through the streets to celebrate something.
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 procession
det
2
procession
procession
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
ADP
_
4 people
case
4
people
people
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 procession
nmod
5
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 bands
punct
6
bands
band
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 people
conj
7
or
or
CCONJ
_
8 floats
cc
8
floats
float
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 people
conj
9
moving
move
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
8 floats
acl
10
through
through
ADP
_
12 streets
case
11
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
12 streets
det
12
streets
street
NOUN
Number=Plur
9 moving
obl
13
to
to
PART
_
14 celebrate
mark
14
celebrate
celebrate
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
9 moving
advcl
15
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
14 celebrate
obj
16
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 procession
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
move
gerund
floats not said here
the streets
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory
2
celebrate
to-infinitive
floats not said here
something
vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3
proceed
people and bands or floats
nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Meaning 2
A line of soldiers standing or marching for inspection.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 line
det
2
line
line
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
ADP
_
4 soldiers
case
4
soldiers
soldier
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 line
nmod
5
standing
stand
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
4 soldiers
acl
6
or
or
CCONJ
_
7 marching
cc
7
marching
march
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
5 standing
conj
8
for
for
ADP
_
9 inspection
case
9
inspection
inspection
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 marching
obl
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 line
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
stand
gerund
soldiers not said here
vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
march
gerund
soldiers not said here
for inspection
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To walk or march in a parade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 walk
mark
2
walk
walk
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 march
cc
4
march
march
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 walk
conj
5
in
in
ADP
_
7 parade
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 parade
det
7
parade
parade
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 march
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 walk
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
walk
to-infinitive
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2
march
infinitive
a parade
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in parade=Trajectory
Meaning 4
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To show something off proudly so people will notice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 show
mark
2
show
show
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
2 show
obj
4
off
off
ADP
_
2 show
compound:prt
5
proudly
proudly
ADV
_
2 show
advmod
6
so
so
SCONJ
_
9 notice
mark
7
people
people
NOUN
Number=Plur
9 notice
nsubj
8
will
will
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
9 notice
aux
9
notice
notice
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
2 show
advcl
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 show
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
show off
to-infinitive
something
proudly property
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient
2
notice
future
people
vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Meaning 5
Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.
A row of shops: «a shopping parade».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 row
det
2
row
row
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
ADP
_
4 shops
case
4
shops
shop
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 row
nmod
5
:
:
PUNCT
_
9 parade
punct
6
«
«
PUNCT
_
9 parade
punct
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 parade
det
8
shopping
shopping
NOUN
Number=Sing
9 parade
compound
9
parade
parade
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 row
appos
10
»
»
PUNCT
_
9 parade
punct
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 row
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Laughter shrieks and howls and catcalls and hand clapping
this parade
vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parade=Theme
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.